The following are the potential written-interview questions our researchers as subjects will be asked to answer: Interview Questions: GENERAL:
1. How many years have you been teaching? In what context?
2. Describe your experiences with teacher induction. BEGINNING TEACHER EXPERIENCE:
3. Did you feel supported in your first five years of teaching?
4. What was your best support during your first years of teaching?
5. How do you wish you had been better supported during your first years of teaching? TEACHER INDUCTION:
6. How do you think induction should be implemented?
7. What supports would you continue to recommend? Why?
8. What are the advantages/disadvantages of induction?
9. Do you think teacher induction has value? Why or why not? MENTORING:
10. Have you ever been a mentor? (Informal or Formal)
11. What were your experiences as a mentor?
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Interview Questions:
1. How many years have you been teaching? In what context?
2. What are your experiences with teacher induction?
3. Did you feel supported in your first five years of teaching?
4. Give an example of how you were supported.
5. Have you ever been a mentor? (Informal or Formal)
5. What are your experiences as a mentor?
7. What was your best support during your first years of induction?
8. What supports would you continue to recommend? Why?
9. Do you think teacher induction has value? Why or why not?
10. How should induction be implemented?
11. What are the advantages/disadvantages of induction?
12.
The following is taken from our original "Survey Questions" page:
Potential Questions:
1. What types of extracurricular activity do you participate in:
sport
club
professional development/study groups/network meetings
2. Number of years of service
3. Is your extracuricular participation mandatory or voluntary?
4. Years that you have participated in extracurricular activities?
5. On average, how many clubs/teams/professional development groups do you participate in each year?
6. Demographics: Male/Female
Age
7. Why do you participate in extracurricular activities?
8. What do you like best about participating in extracurricular activities?
I'll use the correct color!!!
-Name
-Teaching Service
-When did you start taking additional coursework?
-What type of courses have you taken /are you taking?
-Why did you take the coursework?
What institution did/are you taking the coursework from?
-What department are you in?
What have you enjoyed most about the coursework? least?
Here's a bad-ass masters thesis that uses interviews and their transcription (I look at it and shudder): ubc_1993_spring_lim_wendy_ann.pdf
Interview Questions:
GENERAL:
1. How many years have you been teaching? In what context?
2. Describe your experiences with teacher induction.
BEGINNING TEACHER EXPERIENCE:
3. Did you feel supported in your first five years of teaching?
4. What was your best support during your first years of teaching?
5. How do you wish you had been better supported during your first years of teaching?
TEACHER INDUCTION:
6. How do you think induction should be implemented?
7. What supports would you continue to recommend? Why?
8. What are the advantages/disadvantages of induction?
9. Do you think teacher induction has value? Why or why not?
MENTORING:
10. Have you ever been a mentor? (Informal or Formal)
11. What were your experiences as a mentor?
__
Interview Questions:
1. How many years have you been teaching? In what context?
2. What are your experiences with teacher induction?
3. Did you feel supported in your first five years of teaching?
4. Give an example of how you were supported.
5. Have you ever been a mentor? (Informal or Formal)
5. What are your experiences as a mentor?
7. What was your best support during your first years of induction?
8. What supports would you continue to recommend? Why?
9. Do you think teacher induction has value? Why or why not?
10. How should induction be implemented?
11. What are the advantages/disadvantages of induction?
12.
The following is taken from our original "Survey Questions" page:
Potential Questions:
1. What types of extracurricular activity do you participate in:
sport
club
professional development/study groups/network meetings
2. Number of years of service
3. Is your extracuricular participation mandatory or voluntary?
4. Years that you have participated in extracurricular activities?
5. On average, how many clubs/teams/professional development groups do you participate in each year?
6. Demographics: Male/Female
Age
7. Why do you participate in extracurricular activities?
8. What do you like best about participating in extracurricular activities?
I'll use the correct color!!!
-Name
-Teaching Service
-When did you start taking additional coursework?
-What type of courses have you taken /are you taking?
-Why did you take the coursework?
What institution did/are you taking the coursework from?
-What department are you in?
What have you enjoyed most about the coursework? least?
Here's a bad-ass masters thesis that uses interviews and their transcription (I look at it and shudder):